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A huge asteroid will become the largest space rock of its kind to pass closest to Earth until 2027
today (Jan. 26) when it zooms safely by Earth beyond the orbit of the moon. You can see the
space rock's flyby live online.
The mountain-size asteroid 2004 BL86 will star in a live webcast at 11 a.m. EST (1600 GMT)
by the online Slooh observatory and may even be visible to observers with binoculars or a small
telescope because of its significant size about a third of a mile wide. At its closest approach,
the asteroid will be about 745,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) from Earth and poses no danger
of hitting our planet, according to NASA scientists.
The Slooh webcast will be available free on Slooh.com. It will feature live commentary from
NASA near-Earth object expert Paul Chodas and NASA research scientist Lance Benner, and be
hosted by Will Gater and Slooh astronomer Bob Berman. You can also watch the asteroid 2004
BL86 flyby on Space.com, courtesy of Slooh. [Photos: Potentially Dangerous Asteroids]
"We have some really heavy hitters with this," Berman said, referencing special guest Paul
Chodas, manager of JPL's Near-Earth Object Program Office. "I'm really proud of this one. This
is going to be a show where you get it from the horse's mouth."
At 2:30 p.m. EST (1930 GMT), the Italy-based Virtual Telescope Project will offer a second
webcast of the asteroid at: http://www.virtualtelescope.eu/webtv/.
PARIS (AP) At Paris' high-octane couture week, what happens on the catwalk is only half the
story.
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which appeared to flout Beijing's austerity campaign. The 28 diners included senior police
officials from the
AFP
Bodies, Vehicle Found in Georgia Search for Missing Craigslist Car Couple
A suspect has turned himself in to authorities investigating the disappearance of a Georgia couple
who vanished last week while going to meet someone to buy a vintage car
ABC News
Court papers: Mom says she stabbed kids to keep them quiet
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) A Washington state woman accused of stabbing her three small
children told detectives she cut the children's throats with a kitchen knife to keep them quiet for
her soldier husband, a prosecutor said Monday.
Associated Press
Fidel Castro: 'I don't trust the US, nor have I spoken with them'
Fidel Castro does not "trust the US, nor have I spoken with them," the revolutionary icon, 88,
said in a letter attributed to him and read out on state television Monday. "That does not represent
-- far from it -- a rejection of peacefully settling conflicts," said the letter, a week after
AFP
A preliminary report into last month's crash of an AirAsia passenger jet that killed 162 people
will not include an analysis of the black box flight recorders, an Indonesian investigator said on
Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Committee will submit its initial findings this week
to the
Reuters
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